This class is the chance to create your personal essay or extend into a full memoir -- from planning and structure to bold narrative brushstrokes to the layering of significant detail. You will develop the opportunity to find your voice and see it come alive, amplified and improved, on the page. This is the chance to tell your story in a way that invites readers in; your story, written to be read. The memoir and personal essay are two of the best-selling and most universally acclaimed genres in the world of modern creative writing. Welcome to your story.
本課程是 Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself 專項課程 專項課程的一部分
Writing a Personal Essay
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教學大綱 - 您將從這門課程中學到什麼
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1How to Begin... and How to Continue
In this week, you will learn how to discover what you wish to say, and how to organize your material and your story (and what is the difference between the two).
5 個視頻 （總計 41 分鐘）, 1 個測驗
5 個視頻
Five Nouns9分鐘
Open the Window6分鐘
Foibles, Fallibilities, and Flaws6分鐘
A Conversation with Said Sayrafiezadeh11分鐘
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2How Not to Fail
In this week you lean how to overcome your internal critic and your fears.
5 個視頻 （總計 39 分鐘）, 1 個測驗
5 個視頻
Step by Step9分鐘
Out of the Ditch5分鐘
Building As You Go6分鐘
A Little Distance5分鐘
A Conversation with Dani Shapiro12分鐘
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3The Truth of the Story Lies in the Details
In this week, you will learn how to sift through the dusty attic of all your memories, to find the ones that are narrative gold.
4 個視頻 （總計 29 分鐘）, 1 個測驗
4 個視頻
What Are Facts For?5分鐘
In the Story5分鐘
A Conversation with Chandra Prasad11分鐘
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4Writing to be Read
In this week, you will learn how to tell a good sentence from a bad one and how to absorb the lessons of great memoirists and essayist, without copying anyone.
5 個視頻 （總計 41 分鐘）, 1 個測驗
5 個視頻
Drowning in Rhinestones6分鐘
White Space7分鐘
A Conversation with Ariel Levy12分鐘
Building the House8分鐘
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Amy Bloom
Distinguished University Writer in Residence and Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing關於 卫斯连大学
At Wesleyan, distinguished scholar-teachers work closely with students, taking advantage of fluidity among disciplines to explore the world with a variety of tools. The university seeks to build a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who think critically and creatively and who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit.
關於 Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself 專項課程
How To Write About Yourself...so that someone else wants to read it! This is the heart of this Coursera specialization in Memoir and Personal Essay. Masters of both genres share tips, prompts, exercises, readings and challenges to help every writer imagine, construct and write compelling pieces of non-fiction's most popular form: the personal narrative.
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